X-Factor #4

X-Factor (1986-1998)

by Bob Layton

"Trials and Error!" Story by Bob Layton. Art by Keith Pollard and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. In order to find and protect fellow mutants from growing mutant-hating hysteria, the original X-Men, Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Ice Man, and Jean Grey, formed X-Factor. Now, they race against the clock to save the fire-starting mutant Rusty from a super-strong mutant named Frenzy. Cover price $0.75.

Genres: X Men, Comics

32 pages, Comic

First published May 1, 1986

Reviews

[cami]

ive only had arthur for two issues and a half but if anything happened to him id kill everyone in this room and then myself

[Britt Halliburton · Rating 4 out of 5]

More interesting than the previous issues, but restoring Beast? Really? Last issue seemed like it was making him a normal human, but instead it just undid the years of work that other writers put into him. Again, it’s a very forced way of trying to get back to the original team, and again, it undermines years of work and makes the character less interesting. Since I know he returns to his furry self later, I assume most readers held the same sentiment at the time. I hope X-Factor does more than just trying to ‘restore the good old days’ of a comic that nobody read and preferred when changed, leaving X-Factor as this hollowed husk of former glory, that didn’t even exist in the first place.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Beast is back just in time to face the power of Frenzy.